The aerospace and defense industry has entered its busiest capital markets cycle in decades. Global M&A announcements rose 41% in 2025 to a record 532 transactions, as defense priorities in the U.S.

European insurers and pension funds would take a heavier hit than banks from a severe private credit market shock, the European Central Bank said, after running an illustrative stress exercise on the ...

California FAIR Plan customers will face the insurer’s largest rate increase in years starting in October. Premiums will rise by just under 30% overall for nearly 663,000 residential policyholders.

Florida homeowners insurance premiums rose nearly twice as fast as the national average between 2021 and 2025, according to a new report from the Coalition for an Insurable Future. Across the U.S., ...

UK insurtech platform Incept has entered an underwriting agreement with Fortegra to support its new title insurance solution. Fortegra is a global specialty insurer with an established and growing ...

BYD appointed bolttech as its preferred strategic partner for embedded insurance across its main European markets. It gives BYD customers access to motor insurance during the vehicle purchase and ...

Wopta Assicurazioni, an Italian phygital insurtech MGA, closed a €5 mn funding round, bringing total capital raised since 2022 to more than €20 mn and valuing the Italian insurtech at over €100 mn.

Specialty insurance rates declined through 2025 and during January 1, 2026 renewals, with the pace of softening moving faster than expected, according to WTW’s Specialty Insurance Marketplace Survey.

Rogo, an AI platform built for financial services, raised $160 mn in Series D funding led by Kleiner Perkins. Sequoia, Thrive Capital, Khosla Ventures, J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners, BoxGroup, ...

McGill and Partners has expanded its aviation insurance offering to cover aviation spares against war perils while they are on the ground. The global specialty insurance and reinsurance broker is ...

A severe hailstorm hit Tulsa County, Oklahoma, on May 21, 2024, damaging homes with golf ball-sized ice and strong winds. Tim Willard described shingles torn from roofs and heavy ice covering yards ...

The Managing General Agent model keeps expanding and is reshaping how risk gets structured and distributed across global markets. It opens new paths for jurisdictions that combine regulatory strength, ...